Dollars suggest Chris Johnson won’t be a role player

On the surface, it’s easy to assume that Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson will share the load in the New York backfield. The numbers suggest strongly that Johnson will be the lead dog.

Johnson will earn $4 million in 2014. Ivory will earn $1 million. While that doesn’t mean Johnson will have four times the touches as Ivory, it indicates that Johnson has greater value — and in turn that he’ll have the greater role.

Also in the mix is Bilal Powell, who has a base salary of $1.4 million this year. Mike Goodson remains on the books for another $1 million, but he’s likely the odd man out given the arrival of Johnson.